France

Hérault Arnod Architectures completes aluminium-clad sports centre in France

November 28, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A curved, twisting shell of textured aluminium plates covers Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, a multifunctional sports and entertainment venue designed by local practice Hérault Arnod Architectures. Located on a former military site, the project forms part of a wider scheme to develop an area on the northwestern edge of Laval, which also includes a

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Studio Odile Decq’s minimalist glass pavilion recalls traditional greenhouses

November 21, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

The Green Pavilion, a glass pavilion with a pyramidal roof, was designed by architect Odile Decq to evoke historic orangeries and installed in the Jardin des Tuileries as part of the Paris+ par Art Basel art fair. Decq was commissioned by Galerie Philippe Gravier to create a functional art piece to be placed in the

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Emilieu Studio uses local materials to form mobile furniture in Toulon design school

November 13, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Moveable furnishings crafted from old ship sails and plywood offcuts appear throughout the École Camondo Méditerranée design school in Toulon with interiors by French practice Emilieu Studio. The southerly outpost of Paris’s École Camondo is set on the coast of the French Riviera and features a pared-back open-plan interior meant to reflect “how design and

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Solar panels to cover all large car parks in France under new mandate

November 11, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

The French Senate has approved a bill requiring all large parking lots across France to be topped with solar canopies in the next six years, which are predicted to generate as much energy as 10 nuclear reactors. The legislation mandates that all new and existing car parks with 80 or more parking spaces must be

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Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss

November 7, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. Decq designed Maison de Verre for an owner who suffers from an irreversible and progressive condition that means he can only make out vague shapes, so needed his home

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Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton

November 1, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. The housing units are located at 12 Rue Jean-Bart in Paris’ wealthy sixth arrondissement, one of the city’s central districts, and were designed to destigmatise social housing by giving it

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MVRDV creates hill-like housing for “variety of income levels” in France

October 24, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

A pair of hill-like buildings define Ascension Paysagère, a French housing project that Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created on the riverside in the west of Rennes. Designed in collaboration with local studio ALL, the 10,550-square-metre complex contains a mix of apartment types to accommodate “a variety of income levels”, MVRDV said. Ascension Paysagère is

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Chzon studio designs airport departure hall to reference Parisian life

September 22, 2022 Alice Laycock 0

Photograph showing airport departure lounge with green bench seats and large tree-like rounded white sculptures

French design agency Chzon studio has added archways and fountains that reference iconic Parisian monuments to a departure lounge at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Chzon studio redesigned the boarding gate area in Terminal 2G with the aim of creating a dynamic representation of Paris’ design and history in a typically utilitarian area

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Ateliers Jean Nouvel completes pair of inclined skyscrapers in Paris

September 21, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel has designed the 180- and 125-metre-high Tours Duo skyscrapers to “create a character” for eastern Paris. Designed as a landmark for eastern Paris, the pair of skyscrapers contain 97,000 square metres of office space and a 139-room hotel with interiors designed by French designer Philippe Starck. “Eastern Paris is slowly coming

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GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and “glass veil”

September 19, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Exterior image of the French office building by GRAAM Architetcure

A glazed skin hangs from a timber exoskeleton at this office building in France by French studio GRAAM Architecture, which has been shortlisted in the business building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. Completed for banking group Caisse d’Epargne in Dijon, Burgundy, the seven-storey building was designed to provide airy, flexible and naturally-lit workspaces that meet

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